News from BraseltonNewsTODAY - Topics from June, 2012

Braselton will have a part-time prosecuting attorney’s office — although things won’t really change from what’s being done now in the town’s municipal court. The Braselton Town Council on Monday approved a resolution/ordinance creating the office, following the requirements of a new state law. The General Assembly approved a new law ...
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The Jackson County Board of Education agreed on Monday to buy land near Jackson County Comprehensive High School that may become a parking lot. The BOE authorized that up to $108,000 in sales tax revenue be used to purchase a 0.96-acre tract on Ga. Hwy. 11 (Winder Highway), along with related expenses. Jackson County tax records show that the ...
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Once again, the Jackson County School System’s calendar for the 2012-2013 has been changed to include two additional furlough days for teachers. The Jackson County Board of Education initially adopted its 2012-2013 calendar in February with no employee furlough days — also called calendar reduction days. A month later, the board revised its ...
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The Jackson County School System’s budget will drop by three percent next fiscal year, as revenue figures remain uncertain. The board of education on Monday adopted a tentative $84 million general fund budget for the 2013 fiscal year, which starts on July 1. Its current fiscal year budget was approved for $86.8 million. The budget doesn’t ...
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A teenager watching several of his siblings apparently didn’t bother to look when two them — ages 2 and 3 — went missing from their house, according to a Braselton police incident report. When an officer arrived in the Clearwater Plantation subdivision off Friendship Road, he was told by several adults that two small children were seen ...
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A long-awaited animal shelter in Jackson County is a step closer to reality. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted 5-0 for its staff to negotiate a long-term ground lease with the Jackson County Humane Society. Access to the land would allow the Humane Society to construct and operate an animal shelter. “Basically, with the ...
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The West Jackson Fire Department helped Hoschton employees remove a deer that was trapped in a manhole on Cabin Drive, according to an incident report. A city employee told firefighters they found a fawn trapped in the manhole that was about five feet deep and five feet in diameter. The fawn was uninjured and was able to be removed from the ...
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When Robert Wilhite talks about the Jackson County Brevet, his words turn spiritual. Explaining the cycling event’s rapid growth since 2010 in support of a serious cause leaves him both thankful and amazed. It’s already the nation’s largest aplastic anemia fundraising benefit. “If it weren’t for the good lord above … ” said ...
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For a Brownie Girl Scouts troop, a lesson in community awareness may have led to a piece of Hoschton’s past being saved from demolition. “Just the fact that someone listened to what we said and (read) the things that we sent in, I think that’s astounding — even for an adult,” said Joy Turner, leader of Brownie Troop 11919. “So for ...
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The Braselton Community Improvement District (CID) board of directors cancelled its meeting on Monday, after failing to get a quorum of members to meet. The seven-member board is largely spearheading the construction of a multi-use path — called the LifePath — that will connect residents along Ga. Hwy. 211 and Thompson Mill Road (Ga. Hwy. ...
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